ARCHIMUSIC: Illustrations Turn Music Into Architecture

Federico Babina's released his latest series of illustrations: Archimusic, architectural representations of 27 songs, from Miles Davis to Michael Jackson to Amy Winehouse. See all 27 after the break!

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From Babina: "Music and architecture are intimately joined by a cosmic connection. They both are generated by an underlying code, an order revealed by mathematics and geometry. [...] in these images architecture and music share a clear cultural lineage. The color and the different nuances of music shape the forms and volumes. Reading horizontally gives some basic melodic lines, while reading vertically reveals both harmony and dissonance. A building like an harmonic progression following the movement of chords. A spatial progression that is equivalent to the harmonic progression through chords. Generate a rhythm of solids and voids to reproduce the sequences of notes and silences."

1. Miles Davis, "So what"

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2. Freddie Mercury, "Bohemian rhapsody"

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3. The Beatles, "Let it be"

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4. Michael Jackson, "Billie jean"

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5. Mozart, "Requiem"

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6. The Police, "Every Breath You Take"

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7. Radiohead, "No Surprises"

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8. John Coltrane, "Naima"

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9. Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"

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10. Joy Division, "Love WIll Tear Us Apart"

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11. David Bowie, "Space Oddity"

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12. Chet Baker, "My Funny Valentine"

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13. Jim Morrison, "Light My Fire"

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14. Blur, "Song 2"

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15. Bjork, "Joga"

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16. Charlie Parker, "Confirmation"

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17. Nick Drake, "River man"

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18. Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

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19. Jimi Hendrix, "Hey joe"

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20. Manu Chao, "Me gustas Tu/ Desaparecido"

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21. J. S. Bach, "Suite pour violoncelle N°1"

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22. The White Stripes, "Seven nation army"

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23. Philip Glass, "Morning Passages"

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24. Laurie Anderson, "O superman"

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25. Elvis Presley, "Can't Help Falling In Love"

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26. Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"

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27. Paco de Lucia, "Entre dos Aguas"

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See more of Babina's fantastic illustrations right here on ArchDaily:

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Cite: Vanessa Quirk. "ARCHIMUSIC: Illustrations Turn Music Into Architecture" 17 Jun 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/516973/archimusic-illustrations-turn-music-into-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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